Astrocompass
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astrocompass-256-18305835
title:
Astrocompass
text:
An astrocompass is a navigational tool for determining the direction of true north through the positions of various astronomical bodies. It is an evolution of earlier solar compass designs. There are certain circumstances when magnetic compasses and gyrocompasses are unreliable. The most obvious is in polar regions, where the force exerted on the needle of a magnetic compass is nearly vertical and gyrocompasses become unstable due to the rotation of the Earth. Magnetic compasses are also suscept
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Tool for finding true north through the positions of astronomical bodies
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrocompass
date created:
date modified:
2024-01-03T19:50:51Z
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